Mike Weighall ponders whether new emerging battery chemistries are likely to be disruptive and thus change the world.
Disruptive technology is technology that eventually overturns the dominance of existing technology or products in the market. It may dominate an existing market by filling a role that the older technology cannot fill; or successively move up-market through performance improvements and cost reductions until finally displacing the market incumbents.
Some examples of disruptive technology include the steam engine, internal combustion engine; semiconductors, digital photography, compact discs, VoIP phone technology, etc. All these technologies eventually displaced – or are . . .
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